Watercolor Success in Four Steps: 150 Skill-Building Projects to Paint

by Marina Bakasova

Overview

Grab your practice book, paint brushes, and discover the beautiful art of watercolor – no experience required! The ultimate beginner’s guide, Watercolor Success in Four Steps will teach you how to perfectly paint 150 objects, from fruits and flowers to animals, household items, and more! Understand the basics of watercolor with tried-and-true techniques and create beautiful watercolor paintings in just four simple steps. Each project offers a sample selection of colors to get you started, followed by approachable, step-by-step painting instructions to complete each design. Once you've accomplished each project, you’ll be equipped with all the skills and techniques you need to design and create your own watercolor works of art!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781497204492
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/03/2020
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	160,963
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Marina Bakasova is the HR Brand Ambassador of OBI Russia, a multinational home improvement supplies company. She resides in Moscow, Russia.

Editorial Reviews

04/17/2020

Painting with watercolors can be quite complex. Understanding the technique of color application, how water affects the pigments, and the reaction of the paper to the moisture content are keys to success. Bakasova (Four-Step Watercolour) offers a step-by-step guide to watercolor painting that unfortunately falls a bit short. The first part includes descriptions of materials needed, but photographs of brushes and set up would have been useful. Following a rudimentary introduction of technique are more than 150 visual examples of simple objects painted with two to three paint colors. Yet there is little guidance on how painters achieve the progression of color, and a novice would be lost. VERDICT Best used as a supplement to more comprehensive instructional watercolor guides.—Sandra Knowles, formerly South Carolina State Lib., Columbia

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